2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	1,284
Site	Premier Sports Campus Lakewood Ranch, Florida
Champions	East Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach	Gary Higgins (1st title)
MVP	Annabelle Abbott (Offensive) Maeve English (Defensive) (East Carolina)
Broadcast	ESPN+ ESPNU (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Memphis  ‍†‍‍	6	–	0	–	4		.800			13	–	2	–	4		.789
South Florida  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	3		.750			12	–	2	–	5		.763
East Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y	5	–	2	–	3		.650			10	–	4	–	7		.643
Rice  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			12	–	6	–	2		.650
UAB  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	4		.600			7	–	5	–	5		.559
Charlotte  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	5		.550			4	–	8	–	7		.395
North Texas  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	4		.500			7	–	6	–	6		.526
Tulsa  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			7	–	9	–	4		.450
UTSA  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			3	–	11	–	4		.278
Temple  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			2	–	17	–	0		.105
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:American Athletic Conference

The 2024 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from November 4to November 10, 2024. The tournament was hosted at the Premier Sports Campus located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. ^[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Memphis Tigers were the defending tournament champions. ^{[2] [3]} Memphis was unable to defend its title. They reached the Final but fell to East Carolina 1–0 in overtime. ^{[4] [5]} East Carolina's win was the program's first and also the first for third-year head coach Gary Higgins. ^[6] As tournament champions, East Carolina earned the American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Rice and UAB both finished with sixteen points in conference play. Rice earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over UAB on September 26. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the eighth and final seed in the tournament as Tulsa and UTSA both finished with 3–5–2 regular season records. Tulsa earned the final spot in the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 win over UTSA on October 10. USTA finished ninth and did not participate in the tournament. ^{[7] [8]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Memphis	6–0–4	22
2	South Florida	6–1–3	21
3	East Carolina	5–2–3	18
4	Rice	5–4–1	16
5	UAB	4–2–4	16
6	Charlotte	3–2–5	14
7	North Texas	3–3–4	13
8	Tulsa	3–5–2	8

Bracket

	First Round Monda, Nov. 4					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
	1	Memphis	4
	8	Tulsa	2
						1	Memphis	3
						4	Rice	1
	4	Rice	2
	5	UAB	0
											1	Memphis	0
											3	East Carolina (a.e.t.)	1
	3	East Carolina (a.e.t.)	1
	6	Charlotte	0
						3	East Carolina (pen.)	1 (5)
						2	South Florida	1 (3)
	2	South Florida	1
	7	North Texas	0

Schedule

First Round

#3 East Carolina v #6 Charlotte

November 4, 2024	#3 East Carolina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#6 Charlotte	Lakewood Ranch, FL
11:00 a.m. EST	Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram  87' Erica Roberts 101'	Recap	46' Charlotte Harris  65' Braelynn Francher	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 107 Referee: Melinda Homa Assistant referees: Emily Gomez Assistant referees: Daniel Va

#2 South Florida v #7 North Texas

November 4, 2024	#2 South Florida	1–0	#7 North Texas	Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m. EST	Anna Sutter 11' Ava Rightmire  54'	Report	90' Lily Cunningham	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 129 Referee: Amber O'Connor Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Assistant referees: Carlos Morales-Lastra

#4 Rice v #5 UAB

November 4, 2024	#4 Rice	2–0	#5 UAB	Lakewood Ranch, FL
5:30 p.m. EST	Lauren Pickup  25' Sophie Zhang 71' Jules Johnston 76'	Report	90' Kendall Page	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 157 Referee: Kaitlyn Trowbridge Assistant referees: Ryan Lindskog Assistant referees: Ethan O'Hearn

#1 Memphis v #8 Tulsa

November 4, 2024	#1 Memphis	4–2	#8 Tulsa	Lakewood Ranch, FL
8:15 p.m. EST	Anna Hauer 21' Team  44' Elise Perron 55' Ashley Henderson 57' Momo Nakao 65'	Report	35' Kaleigh Hart 58' Leah Diaz  82' Team	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 149 Referee: Matthew Miscannon Assistant referees: Preston Joyner Assistant referees: Alexandra Platt

Semifinals

#2 South Florida v #3 East Carolina

November 7, 2024	#2 South Florida	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	#3 East Carolina	Lakewood Ranch, FL
4:00 p.m. EST	Anna Sutter 57'	Report	64' Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram 84' Sydney Schnell	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 187 Referee: Meghan Mullen Assistant referees: Emily Gomez Assistant referees: Alexandra Platt
	Penalties
	Georgia Brown Anna Sutter Gentiana Fetaj Brooke Fabri		Abby Sowa Caitlen-Star Dolan Boodram Emma Sheehan Isabella Gutiérrez Juliana Viera

#1 Memphis v #4 Rice

November 7, 2024	#1 Memphis	3–1	#4 Rice	Lakewood Ranch, FL
7:30 p.m. EST	Ashley Henderson 17', 68' Momo Nakao 77'	Report	57' Natalie Gorji  88' Kat Lazor	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 236 Referee: Jennifer Dumaine Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Assistant referees: Ryan Lindskog

Final

#1 Memphis v #3 East Carolina

November 10, 2024	#1 Memphis	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#3 East Carolina	Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 p.m. EST		Report	64' Sydney Schnell  100' Abby Sowa  102' Team 107' Annabelle Abbott	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 319 Referee: Jaclyn Metz Assistant referees: Jade Mallea Assistant referees: Preston Joyner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

3 goals

• Ashley Henderson – Memphis

2 goals

• Anna Sutter – South Florida
• Momo Nakao – Memphis

1 goal

• Annabelle Abbott – East Carolina
• Leah Diaz – Tulsa
• Natalie Gorji – Rice
• Kaleigh Hart – Tulsa
• Anna Hauer – Memphis
• Jules Johnston – Rice
• Elise Perron – Memphis
• Erica Roberts – East Carolina
• Sydney Schnell – East Carolina
• Sophie Zhang – Rice

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[9]

Player	Team
Anabelle Abbott*	East Carolina
Maeve English^
Erica Roberts
Sydney Schnell
Abby Sowa
Anna Hauer	Memphis
Ashley Henderson
Finley Lavin
Momo Nakao
Sophie Zhang	Rice
Anna Sutter	South Florida

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

References

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